About Sonkh Khera Village

Sonkh Khera is a mid sized village in Mahavan tehsil, in the district of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,404, made up of 759 males and 645 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56 hectares hectares.

Sonkh Khera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonkh Khera village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Mathura
Tehsil	Mahavan
Area (hectares)	56 hectares
Population	1,404
Male Population	759
Female Population	645
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	850
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonkh Khera compares

By the 2011 count Sonkh Khera is the 68th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,003 residents. Its 56 hectares work out to about 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 871.

Getting to Sonkh Khera

Sonkh Khera is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sonkh Khera as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sonkh Khera from other places

Sonkh Khera lies about 16 km from Mathura, and the nearest railway station is Churaman Nagri, about 4.2 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Sonkh Khera
Nearest railway station	Churaman Nagri	4.2 km
Nearest town	Govardhan	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mahavan	16 km
District headquarters	Mathura	16 km

Villages closest to Sonkh Khera

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mahavan tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Sonkh Khera

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonkh Khera village had a population of 1,404. That makes it the 68th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,003 residents.

Sonkh Khera village has 759 males and 645 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonkh Khera has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 871.

Sonkh Khera covers 56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Sonkh Khera falls under Mahavan tehsil of Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sonkh Khera is Churaman Nagri, about 4.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Sonkh Khera.

Sonkh Khera is about 16 km from Mathura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonkh Khera is in Mahavan tehsil of Mathura district. Churaman Nagri is about 4.2 km away. Govardhan is about 15 km away. Mahavan is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.